Wine Quotes
Here are a few quotes about the beverage we love - by winemakers and wine drinkers. "Well, in wine you have to let go of the ego. You have to…
Long Road through Languedoc
Most likely, here is what you know about wines from the Languedoc region of southern France, and here is what you should know - but don't. First, the Languedoc has…
No Ice Wine in Iceland
Well, maybe there is. But here's the question: what wine are they drinking in Iceland? Simple answer - they are drinking beer. More comprehensive answer is also simple, but far…
Wine, Life, and Insight along the Gironde
The relatively little town of Blaye, a 45 minute drive northeast of Bordeaux city, perches on the Gironde estuary. From here you catch a ferry across to the more renowned…
Seductive Saint Emilion
A.A. Milne, the author of Winnie the Pooh, also wrote a poem about King John. "King John was not a good man, And no good friends had he. He stayed…
Secrets of Right Bank Bordeaux
This is where it all changes. Close to where it all began. The Gironde Estuary - the widening river mouth of southwest France that flows into the Atlantic Ocean -…
Casablanca, Ulysses, and Sailing to Bordeaux
Annick and Pierre Saturney met in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. They soon married. She was born in Morocco, of parents from Brittany in France who had moved to North…
Skip the Wine Bars of Paris?
My Paris wine tasting plans disintegrated. Great luck, really. First, I surfed the Net, then checked FourSquare, then Googled wine bars within a few kilometers walking distance of my rented…
Hemingway and Vikings Long Gone from Paris
This is not the Paris of Hemingway. Of Morse, Fenimore Cooper, or Thomas Jefferson. This is not the Paris of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Woody Allen or Dan Brown. This is…
Women and Wine
Here are some excerpts from the book Vino Voices, which includes sparks of wisdom whittled from women who bent their backs, tasted bankruptcy, abandoned careers, and jumped on a lifestyle…